The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-09
THE ARMOURS NOT In 1T.
MN JULES ALDIGR, IN THE
BUTCHER-OLIvER
OIL Enterprise, Brings Up n Great
Array OF Testimony From
Armour Himself,
NEW oRLEASs, La, April s. 1887.

To the Editor of the States:
Although q constant reader OF sgur
paper your edition Of Sunday last did
not reach me until yesterday, when
my attention was socially called TO
an interview had with Mr.. Oliver, OF
the Southern Oil Company. Among
tina numerous loose statements made
by these parties, there appears the
following In the interview:
Reporter-Is Phil Armour interested
in your prcject2
Olivsr-I sm not at liberty TO 6is-
cuss Mr.. Armour's business relations.
Question--Was one Of the Armours
here with your brother a week ago,
when he was looking out for site for
the mili2
Answer-W. @. Armour, a younger
member OF the ArmouTs, was here al
the time.
A telegram was Immediately sent
by one of the members OF our orgaui.
cation to a member of the firm Of
Armour 4 Co., reading ss follows:
"MRy | officially and for P. ID. Ar
mour, deny any connections of P. d.
Armour and W. @. Armour with the
Butcher Company p
To this Mr.. Phil D. Armour replied
as follows, with authority to use same:
eyes you can. II is absolutely and
unqualifisdly untrue. Neither W. @.
Armour nor myself are directly or in
directly connected with or interested
in l.. Life is too short to bs following
up such idle twaddle."
AS a rebuttal OF statement made
by me in the interview with a Pica.
ylne reporter, the following question
being propounded:
"Were you and Mr.. Butcher officers
OF the Oh Trust at the time OF The or
gvnization OF the Southern 0lmill
Company?
Mr. Oliver is made to reply as fol.
lows:
1--WE were, but our designations
were in the hands Of the Trust, con-
tingent upon The compliance OF the
Trust with certain moneyed obliga-
tons to us for our properties absorbed
by the Trust. In my case the resigns-
ton has become complete by payment
from the Trust In Mr.. Butchers
case the payments have not been
mads."
OF the many reckless statements
made by the Butcher and Oliver party,
this 10 certainly one OF the most strik-
ing, l am In possession of telegram
from the headquarters Of the Trust,
reading as follows:
eve have indisputabfs proof that
Butcher and Oliver were absent from
their posts and working this new
scheme before they resigned. 1t is
positively false that Butcher had any
financial arrangements which were OF
personal nature, or which retarded
his resigL alton"
30 far as the divers are concerned,
as the head of their mills, they fatty |
refused to adop: our eystem OF finsn-
ciering, and made for their benefit |
some sort OF fusnc al arrangements |
which would have compelled us to |
discharge them, II for no other ressoR.
1t is necessary for me TO add that the |
Trust having knowledge of the soiioDs
1t Henry G. Butcher whilst he was
under Gay from the Trnst, Vice P 'esi-
dent U'quhart telegraphed from New
York early in the morning that he
would be in Philadelphia the next
day, and Mr. Butcher fearing an ex-
pose Of his treschery, az once UPON
the receipt Of said telegram dispatched
a special messeu ger from Philadelphia
10 New York with letter rendering
his resignation. Having given pub
lefty to tine interview with Mr.. Oliver,
[ hope that in tbs interest Of the pub
lie whom you are trying to protect,
you will also find space in your valu-
able columns for this reply. Yours
very truly, j, ALDlGE.